Alright, now that everyone is figuring out that Flagstones of Trokair is so good with Smallpox, I suppose I'll just tell everyone how Smallpox is best used.
There are 3 elements (creature sac, land sac, discard) that are relevant and you have to recover from.
You're not always going to have Flagstones of Trokair to sacrifice, and in light of the new legend rule, unless you're playing Death Cloud, too, I'd run only 3. How you compensate for the times when you don't have Flagstones is by running mana acceleration. Sakura-Tribe Elder is a good choice, unless you're going {W}{B}. Then I'd suggest Coalition Relic.
You can do a couple things to compensate for the discard. Generally, I'd suggest Lingering Souls or Bloodghast. Card advantage is the best way to recover from the discard, and I'd suggest Phyrexian Arena.
To recover from the creature sac, I'd suggest ei... (see all)
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(6/19/2013 6:55:21 PM)
Situationally brilliant.
Posted By:
EvilCartographer
(7/8/2011 6:11:45 AM)
I guess I'll just sacrifice my Perilous Myr and discard a Bloodghast. Ho-hum.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(8/16/2011 12:07:50 AM)
If you ever get a chance to see a foil of this its crazy. Each boil is sparkly. Disgustingly cool!
Posted By:
RichardNixion
(8/9/2011 1:19:44 PM)
I managed to draft three of these, two Reassembling Skeleton and two Brink of Disaster + milling and counters. Most hilarious draft ever.
Posted By:
auriscope
(8/10/2011 1:54:06 PM)
Coming soon to a tournament table near you
Posted By:
good.beats.for.all
(8/7/2011 5:10:06 AM)
works so well with bloodghast. lame they just stay together in standar for some months.
Posted By:
don_miguel
(7/8/2011 4:37:46 AM)
Some of the grossest art ever.
Ew.
Posted By:
Deco_y
(7/7/2011 9:35:51 PM)
Art upgrade fail. The old art was WAY better. This is just weird.
Posted By:
PeabodyET
(7/8/2011 10:12:38 AM)
wheres my rise from the grave? ill just fetch it with Diabolic Tutor
Posted By:
Khultar
(8/8/2011 10:01:57 PM)